Article of manufacture



April 21, 1931- w. H. SOMMER ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE Filed March ,2, 1929 lnvE NImEm Patented Apr. 21, 1931 l ll t iil FFltillil VJIL'LIAM H. SOMMEE, OF PEOEIA, ILLINOIS ARTICLE OF ZAZANUFACTURE Application filer March 2,

This invention has reference to a new and improved article of manufacture and has for its object to proviee an article of, preferably soft wires, bent into desirable form to adapt it to be used as a holder or retainer for packages of nails and cement in the central opening of rolls of roofing paper.

The invention has for a further object to construct such an article from a single piece of wire and to shape it into a coil portion which is normally of somewhat greater diameter than the central opening of roofing rolls and retained in the interior of the roll by frictional engagement with the wall thereof and with one end portion of the coil inturned transversely across the axis of the coil to provide a handle by means of which the coil may be turned to reduce its diameter for insertion into a roofing roll opening; the opposite end of the wire forming the coil being bent or inturned transversely across the aXis of the coil and to a point at approximately the outside diameter of the coil and thence turned downwardly to provide a straight stiffening portion considerably longer than the coil itself and thence bent inwardly at right angles to said straight stiifening portion between which and the coil, cans or packages of nails and cement may be held, supported or retained, when the article is inserted into a roll of roofing paper.

That the invention may be more fully understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this description, illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention, in which 1- Fig. 1 shows in elevation partially in section a roll of roofing paper with my improved article of manufacture inserted therein and how the same functions to retain cans or packages of nails and cement therein, and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the article itself.

Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts thruout the figures.

In the drawings, a roll of roofing paper is shown designated as A having the usual 7 central opening a therethru.

Rolls of roofing paper, of the type illus trated are well known, and it is not broadly 1329. Serial No. 343,954.

new to provide a holder or container for supporting articles, as for instance cans or packages of nails and cement, within the opening a in such rolls. However, I have produced an article of this character, made wholly of wire which embodies a roll gripping portion and a suspended portion therefrom capable of firmly retaining or supporting cans or packages of nails or cement in superimposed relation within the central opening of the roll. My improved article is designed with the idea of providin an efficient gripping portion to sustain it and the packages within the roll and a sufficiently stiff supporting or sustaining portion for the cans or packages of nails and cement and one that will employ the least amount of wire consistent with its objects and purposes and which can be produced at a minimum cost and to be dispensed with, when it has served its purpose, if desired, without material loss.

The article comprises a single piece, of preferably soft wire, bent into desirable form so as to provide a coil 1 which is normally of somewhat greater diameter than the central opening (6 of a roll of roofing paper and from the coil depends the straight stiffening portion 2, offset from, the axis of the coil and considerably longer than the coil itself, and at its lower end turned inwardly to provide the transverse rest 3, the terminal of which is looped or bent back on itself, as at 3 to obviate a sharp or tearing end. In forming the article the upper end of the coil is inturned to provide the transverse handle portion 4, by means of which the coil 1 may be turned to reduce its diameter for insertion into the opening a in the roll A, whereby to frictionally engage the wall of the opening a, as shown in Fig. l to sustain the article in proper placed position with respect to the length of the roll. At the lower terminal of the spring 1, the wire forming the same is inturned transversely across the base of the spring to provide a head member 5 which, at a point approximately at the outside diam eter of the coil is bent downwardly to provide the straight stiifening portion 2.

Prior to insertion of the article into an V opening a in a r ll A, cans or packages of nails and cement b and 0 respectively, are r placed between the rest 3 and head member 5 and the article then inserted into a roll A, by first gripping the handle 4 and turning 5 the spring 1 whereby to reduce its size for insertion into an opening a in a roll A, when the spring by frictional engagement with the wall of the opening. a will act to frictionally hold the article in proper position. The cans or packages, therefore, will be suspended between the head member 5 and rest3 and within the wall of the opening a, the straight stifi'ening portion 2 of the article lying between said cans or packages and the wall of 15 the opening a against which it abuts, as shown in Fig; 1. During the turning of the upper end of the coil 1 to reduce its diameter, it will be seen that the end of the package acts'to firmly hold the lower end of the ,3; coil, so that the reduction is effected without engagementof the coil with the circumferential wall of the bore of the roll. It is pointed out that in order to-release. the packaged articles, held within the roll and supported by the retainer, that the coil 1 is reduced in diameter permitting the easy withdrawal of the retainer and articles from within the roll, and to avoid tearing or puncturing the paper by a sharp end of the rest 3, 2 either because of the rest 3 moving off center or asa resultof the, packaged articles catch ing on the stiffening portion 2 and turning the rest 3, the end of the rest is looped or bent back on itself, as at 3, which gives the rest as a smooth end and will thereby obviate such danger. What I claim is v r A package holding member for engagement' in the bores of roofing rolls and the like, 4-:- composed of an integral wire member having an elongated straight portion and substantially right angular ends whereby to grip and hold a package by and between said ends and straight'portion, the outer of the ends being 45 continued to form a coil spring of a diameter in excess of that of thebore of the roofing roll and terminating in a handle forming member which latter is disposed at the outermost end vof the coil and is of a length to be tn gripped by the hand so as to turn the coils thereby to decrease the diameter thereof so as to enable the package to be easily inserted .in the bore of the roofing roll, said elongated straight memberand saidv right angular ends tr having'such gripping relation to the package so as to. hold the inner end of the. coil fixed during turning-of thehandle forming member in decreasing the diameter of the recoil both. in insertion and remoV-alof the 6 member from the bore of the roofing roll. WILLIAM H. SOMMER. 

